Indonesia: Quake kills four, damages buildings
Four people were killed and several houses and buildings damaged after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua on February 9, a disaster agency official said.
Hanoi (VNA) - Four people were killed and
several houses and buildings damaged after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s
eastern province of Papua on February 9, a disaster agency official said.
According to Jonathan Koirewoa, manager of the operation control center for the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, the earthquake caused strong tremors within 2-3 seconds, damaging houses, a restaurant and several buildings.
The agency also said that four people were killed in a café that collapsed due to the disaster. A risk assessment of the quake is underway.
The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) reported the earthquake struck at 13:28pm (local time) with its epicenter located 1 km southwest of the provincial capital of Jayapura and a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, it said, adding that several aftershocks took place after the main shock./.
According to Jonathan Koirewoa, manager of the operation control center for the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency, the earthquake caused strong tremors within 2-3 seconds, damaging houses, a restaurant and several buildings.
The agency also said that four people were killed in a café that collapsed due to the disaster. A risk assessment of the quake is underway.
The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) reported the earthquake struck at 13:28pm (local time) with its epicenter located 1 km southwest of the provincial capital of Jayapura and a depth of 10 km.
The earthquake did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, it said, adding that several aftershocks took place after the main shock./.
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